Shade-fixture.



A. C. HOUGH.

SHADE FIXTURE.

APPLICATION FILED IuLY I9. |917.

Lt l Patenfed Jan. 1, 1918.

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AzELfC. IIoUsH,4l or zrfiNnsvILtn, WISCONSIN, AssIsNoRf To nouer;siriane Coiar'o` NATION, lorJANNSVILLN, WISCONSIN, A CORPORATION erCONNECTICUT.

SHADEFIXTURE."

application meu'u'u'if 19, 191117. seria-1N@ ifi-1,535.r

`B'e it known thatl,Az"nLl C; HoUGHf, a citizen ofythe United "States-4of- America, residingat Janesville, int'hecounty of Rock an'd Statef ofVisce'nsin, have invented a new-v and useiul'v Shatle-Fi`1iture,-o whichthe followingL is a spe"ci'ication'.v

My'inve'ntion relates to cord-supporting devices designed to be'-attachedy tothat type of lflexible shades' which arefca-pable'o beingrolled` up" andL un'rolled' through the medium of cords, andY residesyvin a supporting niember .attacliable' tfo a shade and provided" with a'separate;u segmentally-grooved,- anti-fric'- ton member over orthroughwh'elr the rollup cord operates, andy having ya knot-receivingpart for thi-"ied"en'diof saidcord, all as hereinafter set forthlThis-"invention" isflinJ then'a'ture of' an im# provem'ent yof the"shade fixturesy covered byf-,Unite'd States LettersA nPatents' Nos.ia'saeveanu 11,187,458? i has2 beenfound to 2 bel impra'ctieable`-V tostamp" out in" one; piece; .at a reasonablecost, axturelofths1ihd;-;ia1thebesttmeehaneal form, with hook'or* otherkind-off cordrunner' or supporting' dev-ice -for the" roll-up cordofsuch* shape that saidI cord can run freely'- an'd' properly therein1 ortherethrough because ofllthe" dime'n'sioii's-i requiredi to" reduce; thefriction* or the cordf to the minimum, and thelarge-waste of materialincidentthereto. @irez-objeet-"ot"V my invention, therefo'rmis tolprovide a fixturein which the .cord -riotin is reduced? tolthe"nhinimunn at the Sametime" a large savingiis'effect'edf irrthef`amounti 4of stock* required `for the mainand stamped portion'-ofthe-fixtie';

Anzotherobjfect; is to afford bothifa'mple spa'ceiforftlieanchorf knotofthe cord', and ei'icientA holding means therefor'.

The* anti-friction cord' member or cordrunner'with,which my fixture isvprovided is termed'a' "glide, and the same: is preferably made of glazedporcelain', orf' glass, which two materials aire-:more nearlyfrictionlessl th'ai". other' commercial materials in common use;ralthoiighl'fmay employ: some other material lsuch as steellv or othermetal.

toiture.1 A pulley in such a device ishighly objectionable/:tor reasonsfully stated in said Patenti No. 182,373.

Other objects andv advantages: will appear in the-course of thefollowing description.

I atta'inthe objects and secure thel advantages of myinvention bythemeans illustratedfin the accompanying drawings, in which-V Figurel is afront elevation of fragmentar'yy portions of the top and bottom partsoff-a porch'l shade, and' of an attached iXture which' embodies apractical:y form of my in vent'ion; Fig. 2, .a vertical section throughsaid shade'parts and said ixture, taken on lines 2- 2, looking in thedirection vofthe associated arrow, in-Fig. l; Fig. 8, a vertical sectionthrough' said fixture, on lines f-B, looking. inrk the' vdirection ofthe f associated arrow, `Figffl;il3`ig.\/l` a side'elevati'onvof theglide, and, Fig-'5, an endf elevation of said glide.

- Similar-reference characters'refer to .similar' parts throughoutv theseveral views.

Those portions of thefshade appearing. in connection herewith comprisetop. and bot tom moldingsl and l,respectively,-y inte-rmediateSlats5,and warp strands 6.V The right-handi topf-and' bottom portionsonly oftheshadea're shown'with a singlefixture mounted thereon, butA itwill be understood th'atusually the completeshade requires-two iXtur-es,or a" second fixture similar tothe first. A4 roll-up cord 7 is vprovidedJior the shade? This 'cordvr in practice usually eX'- ten'fds-Ifrom thetop of the shade,adja'cent to the edges thereof, downfbehind and underthe bottom of the' shade, when. the latter is extendedfull`length,.and=up to the-topin front, havingla horizontal reach at-thetop in front, 4and* a loop.` of suliicient proportions adjacent .to saidright-hand' edge,fthe arrangement being similar to the disclosure inlsaid Patent No. 1,182,3732 They construction` and operation of theseelements areold and well known, and need no eX- tended I-eXpla'nation;furthermore the details of constructionlmay vary:y in f different makesofi shades:

At'lSisirepresented a portion otra-porch or building supportingbmemberorsupport Patented. aan. I, 191s.,

. the fixture is secured in place on the shade molding .1, and a largeropening 14 therein,

for a screw 15 with which said fixture andl molding are attached to thesupport B. The

hook 10 is shaped and proportioned to fit over, the top of the molding 1and support the body 9 on the front of said molding. The eye or holder11, at the base of the bodyl 9,' may be formed by turning up the bottompart of said body and leaving a space between the main and upturnedportions. In the present case, a tongue 16 is made at the free end ofthe aforesaid upturned portion,

and such tongue is thrust through an opening 17 in the body 9 and bentdownwardly behind said body, as clearly shown in Fig.

In this manner a strong and substantial carrier is produced. Acord-receivinggroove 18 is formed inside of the body 9 and the hook 10,suoli groove starting from a pointl approximately in front of the underedge of the molding 1, when the fixture is in place, and extendingupwardly, rearwardly, and downwardly to the bottom of the back side'ofsaid hook. At the base of the groove 18 in front is an enlargement orrecess 19 which opens into said groove. This recess is designed toreceive a. knot 20 at the upper end of the roll-up cord 7, and to affordwith the bottom front edge of the molding 1 a secure anchorage for saidknot and cord. The cord 7 extends from the ,knot 20 upwardly,rearwardly, and downwardly, through the groove 18 and between the sidesof said groove and the molding 1. A central transverse groove 21 may beformed inside of the holder 11, such groove having vertical end portionsin the front and back sides of said holder, and a horizontalintermediate portion in the bottom of said holder, substantially asshown, and being for the purpose explained hereinafter.

The parts of the fixture thus far described can be formed out of asingle piece of sheet-metal, with the aid of suitable punches and dies,and such parts, (with the exception of thev recess 19 and the holder 11with its groove 21), together with the fastening means therefor, aresimilar to the fixture and fastening means covered by said LettersPatent No. 1,182,373. When the said parts are punched out ofsheet-metal, `as here rep* resented, an exterior rib 22 and protuberance23 are provided for the groove 18 and recess 19, respectively, and anexterior rib 241 for the groove 2l.

11, and have a segmental or semi-circular upper edge in which the`groove 26 is located,

or in any event such groove should be segmental or semi-circular in itsmajor direction, and adapted in cross-section to receive the cord 7 andpermit the latter to run freely therein. v.The ends of the glide 25should project more or'less beyond the adjacent edges or ends of theholder 1l, so as to enable the cord 7, which passesin the groove 26 oversaid glide, to clear such edges or ends. Being of practicallyfrictionless material and of a size and shape best adapted toaccommodate the cord 7, as is the case, the glide 25 constitutes acordsr'unner that Vdoes not appreciabiy resist or wear said cord as thelatter runs in or slides through the groove 26, and at the same timesaid glide is free from the objections to a pulley.

It is necessary, of course, that the glide 25 be held securely in placein the holder 11, and as one means for this purpose I have provided saidholder with the interior groove 21 and said glide with an exterior rib27 to fit within such groove, said rib being on the sides and bottom ofsaid holder, in the transversecentral Aplane thereof. By this rabbetingthe parts together, I'utilize simple and common connecting or joiningmeans to obtain the necessary vsecurity and preclude the possibility ofdisplacement of the glide.

The knot 20, at the Lipper end ofthe cord 7, is so held by the edges ofthe recess 19 and the adjacent edgevof the molding ltliat it resists anypull on said cord tending to draw said knot upward, and the latter Aisalso concealed withink said recess. After passing from behind under themoldingland upwardly, the cord 7 passes through the holder 11, bearingand sliding in the groove 26 in the glide 25.vv The movement of the cordover the glide is very free, almost without friction, in fact, aspreviously pointed out. This fixture might be made up without one or theother of the new elements, or, in other words,` the recess 19 might beemployed in a fixturev having an ordinary cordrunner or a pulley for theroll-up cord, and the glide 25 can be used without being associated withsaid recess. As a matter of-fact, my glide feature is applicable toother forms of supports therefor besides that herein shown anddescribed. Furthermore, the support for my cord glide might be madeattachable to the support 8 instead of to the molding 1, that is to say,said glide might be supported by suitable means from said support 8. Itis clear, therefore, that various modifications and changes in theconstruction and arrangement, and in the shape and size as well, of someor all of the parts of this device may be made without departure fromthe nature of my invention as defined by the appended claims.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

l. As an improved article of manufacture, a shade fixture comprising amember attachable to a shade, and being hollowed inside to form aknot-receiving recess and a cord-receiving groove.

2. As an improved article of manufacture, a shade fixture comprising ahook-provided member adapted to engage the top portion of a shade andextend down in front of said portion, and provided with a cord-runner,said member'having in its downwardly-extending part a hollow portionwhich forms a knot receiving recess, and also having a cord-receivinggroove, the latter extending from said recess upwardly, rearwardly, anddownwardly.

3. The combination, with a flexible shade having a projection adjacentto the top thereof, and a knotted cord, of a iixture comprising a memberattachable to the top part of said shade, and having therein aknotreceiving recess contiguous to said shade projection, and alsohaving a cord-receiving groove leading from said recess, the arrangementof parts being such that the knot on such cord is held by saidprojection and the recessed portion of said shade member.

4. As an improved article of manufacture, a shade fixture comprising amember attachable to a shade, and having a part bent to form a holderand into interlocking engagement with said member, the latter beingslotted to permit of such engagement, and an independent anti-frictionnon-rotary glide in aind attached to said holder, for a roll-up cor 5.The combination, in a shade fixture, with a member consisting of a bodyattachable to a shade, and a holder at the bottom of said body, saidholder having intermediate vertical and horizontal engaging parts, of anindependent anti-friction non-rotary cord glide receivable in saidholder and provided with intermediate vertical and horizontal engagingparts to interlock with said first-named engaging parts.

AZEL C. HOUGH. Witnesses:

VERNA FLANERY, HAZEL T. WEIRICK.

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Washington, D. C.

